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there is big cracks in the ground where they were just little cracks. and it is just getting worse. >> unbelievable. another sign of the worsening drought this week is ponds evaporate, ranchers are selling their cattle early at a loss. this is likely to translate into higher food prices for all of us. >>> just three days until possible default and still no solution in sight. the u.s. senate rejected a u.s. house plan to raise the debt ceiling last night. and in just a few minutes or so, the house is expected to block a senate plan to raise the debt ceiling. democrats and republicans continue to spar on capitol hill. >> this is not a crisis which we couldn't control. this isn't an earthquake or a tornado or a hurricane. it isn't a war. it is a created political crisis. the extension of the debt ceiling has been done routinely 89 times since 1939, 55 times by republican presidents, 34 times by democratic presidents, and president ronald reagan holds the record having extended the debt ceiling 18 times in eight years without a confrontation, without the am
there is big cracks in the ground where they were just little cracks. and it is just getting worse. >> unbelievable. another sign of the worsening drought this week is ponds evaporate, ranchers are selling their cattle early at a loss. this is likely to translate into higher food prices for all of us. >>> just three days until possible default and still no solution in sight. the u.s. senate rejected a u.s. house plan to raise the debt ceiling last night. and in just a few minutes...
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workingf late this is a big story. david, i know a lot has been coming out since the president and john boehner spoke earlier w headed. what are you hearing? >> both sides, both the speaker's office and the white house were dueling in terms of the numbers and the framework and who was backing off this and pushing for that. although it may sound counterintuitive, the fact that the speaker wants to take this to the congress' level, negotiate with reid and other congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle might help this. they can figure out together where the votes are try and get something through each house and get it to the president. at this poin^ anything the president gets he will sign. i originally thought it was best to have the president in the room, because he could give the democrats cover and direct them as to where he wanted them to go. for whatever reason it doesn't appear to have worked. you might as well do the it now and not have a middleman who going to vote for what. >> that's really interesting.
workingf late this is a big story. david, i know a lot has been coming out since the president and john boehner spoke earlier w headed. what are you hearing? >> both sides, both the speaker's office and the white house were dueling in terms of the numbers and the framework and who was backing off this and pushing for that. although it may sound counterintuitive, the fact that the speaker wants to take this to the congress' level, negotiate with reid and other congressional leaders on...
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>> i think mitch mcconnell holds a big club. i think in the end -- i had a conversation, i can't tell you who, but a conversation with a conservative but decent enough southern republican conservative senator. he said we are just this close. he thinks we are this close in agreement. he's not one of the six or seven or eight or ten best targets we think we have among republicans. we are eventually going to break this filibuster. i think they'll try their gimmicks. that is what mitch mcconnell lives on. we'll get this to happen. we'll send it back to the house. there, patriotism prevails. even most of the democrats, maybe 150, 160, 170, to join 50 republicans that, not the tea party, but the 50 reasonable republicans. >> do you want to give us the initials, maybe the state of that senator? >> i'm sorry? >> the state of the senator, just the initials? >> no. that would nail it down. i would say southern deep south, wrong side of the civil war. i'm not going to tell you the state. >> senator john thume laid out a plan. take a listen
>> i think mitch mcconnell holds a big club. i think in the end -- i had a conversation, i can't tell you who, but a conversation with a conservative but decent enough southern republican conservative senator. he said we are just this close. he thinks we are this close in agreement. he's not one of the six or seven or eight or ten best targets we think we have among republicans. we are eventually going to break this filibuster. i think they'll try their gimmicks. that is what mitch...
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and it's not small, it's big. and so there is $60 billion a year that -- i mean over ten years that we could save just by reforming the social security and disability system. and that doesn't say you don't want to help people that are disabled. it says you want to do what's the best thing for our country and help those people that are disabled. but we have undermined and we have taken advantage of those who need our love and care and they cheat the system and we have a bureaucracy that doesn't take them off the system, and we have an incompetent system of jurisprudence within the social security administration that puts people on that should never be on. but the attack comes that you don't care about people if you -- if, in fact, you want to fix this program. social security, everybody says don't touch social security. this congress and the congress before it has stolen stolen $2.5 trillion from the money you have put into social security. they have written a little bitty i.o.u. note there and said, well, when you
and it's not small, it's big. and so there is $60 billion a year that -- i mean over ten years that we could save just by reforming the social security and disability system. and that doesn't say you don't want to help people that are disabled. it says you want to do what's the best thing for our country and help those people that are disabled. but we have undermined and we have taken advantage of those who need our love and care and they cheat the system and we have a bureaucracy that doesn't...
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. >> that money could make a big difference to a lot of people. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: it was decision day in the house of representatives today as speaker john boehner faced a key test of his leadership, four days before the u.s. government could face default. "newshour" congressional correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: house republicans pushed forward with a vote today on the speaker's plan, even as the measure faced a white house veto threat and a firm wall of opposition in the democratic- controlled senate. boehner's plan would cut the deficit by $917 billion over the next decade by capping the budgets of federal agencies. the proposal would also raise the debt ceiling by $900 billion enough to allow the g
. >> that money could make a big difference to a lot of people. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: it was decision day in the house of...
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. >> mitchell: what happens if the big guys, standard & poors, follow your lead? >> the normal reaction is there is a slight increase in funding costs. now under any scenario, the u.s. government is very strong, and so you don't have to worry about the overall credit quality, but it's just a slight weakening, and that is what the market is looking at right now and that's why we took the action. >> mitchell: okay, sean eganef eagen jones we thank you so much for your insight. >> thank you. >> mitchell: here is what else is happening tonight. tropical storm don limped into texas last night, failing to deliver the amount of rain which the drought-stricken area had wanted. searing triple-digit temperatures are predicted for much of texas and oklahoma over the next five days. karen brown tells us what that means for the region's struggling cattle ranchers. >> reporter: the debilitating drought has ranchers dumping cattle in record numbers. at dublin livestock auction, they sold 3800 head in one day, more than double the usual amounts. >> it's my livelihood, and it's be
. >> mitchell: what happens if the big guys, standard & poors, follow your lead? >> the normal reaction is there is a slight increase in funding costs. now under any scenario, the u.s. government is very strong, and so you don't have to worry about the overall credit quality, but it's just a slight weakening, and that is what the market is looking at right now and that's why we took the action. >> mitchell: okay, sean eganef eagen jones we thank you so much for your...
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workingf late this is a big story. david, i know a lot has been coming out since the president and john boehner spoke earlier w headed. what are you hearing? >> both sides, both the speaker's office and the white house were dueling in terms of the numbers and the framework and who was backing off this and pushing for that. although it may sound counterintuitive, the fact that the speaker wants to take this to the congress' level, negotiate with reid and other congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle might help this. they can figure out together where the votes are try and get something through each house and get it to the president. at this poin^ anything the president gets he will sign. i originally thought it was best to have the president in the room, because he could give the democrats cover and direct them as to where he wanted them to go. for whatever reason it doesn't appear to have worked. you might as well do the it now and not have a middleman who going to vote for what. >> that's really interesting.
workingf late this is a big story. david, i know a lot has been coming out since the president and john boehner spoke earlier w headed. what are you hearing? >> both sides, both the speaker's office and the white house were dueling in terms of the numbers and the framework and who was backing off this and pushing for that. although it may sound counterintuitive, the fact that the speaker wants to take this to the congress' level, negotiate with reid and other congressional leaders on...
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the fs the big red blob moving on shore. as soon as it got to the coast and dry land in texas, poof, all of a sudden don was gone. it looks like scattered showers and storms in texas during the day. this wasn't the answer we were hoping for. not a lot of wet weather on the map. there are some showers and storms in northern m mo. your forecast for today rain likely, more or less in mexico not in texas. hot weather for dallas one again. warm and sunny in the northeast. sunday forecast we should see a lot of thunderstorms in the mid-atlantic and the monsoonal showers and storms will continue in the four corners region. a lit of disappointment in texas. it didn't come true. hopefully we'll get another weak tropical system later in the season. >> keep it right here. we will have a live report from corpus christie, texas, coming up. >>> meantime, the search for a missing new hampshire girl, whab haven't police issued an amber alert? >>> back to court, the battle over dna evidence heats up in amanda knox' appeal in italy. >>> what
the fs the big red blob moving on shore. as soon as it got to the coast and dry land in texas, poof, all of a sudden don was gone. it looks like scattered showers and storms in texas during the day. this wasn't the answer we were hoping for. not a lot of wet weather on the map. there are some showers and storms in northern m mo. your forecast for today rain likely, more or less in mexico not in texas. hot weather for dallas one again. warm and sunny in the northeast. sunday forecast we should...
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there are big issues here. defense spending issues going to be very large, i think, for mcconnell because the reid approach had some serious cuts in defense spending. and then, you know,-- but mcconnell's already proposed some ideas that are likely to be incorporated in the reid-- in the reid bill that will allow the president to do a kind of second charge of increases in the debt limit without congress having much of an influence over it. congress would have to vote against it. so i think that the elements of a beale are here. you know, the problem from my perspective is, this is the easy stuff because it doesn't deal with tax,because it doesn't deal with entitlement. the question is, it doesn't even solve the deficit problem but it's been such a problem just to get the easy-- the question is that the rating agencies, the credit rating agencies and others, can can can they do the harder stuff right down the road? that, i think, is the real difficulty. >> one thing that hasn't been addressed, jim, and republica
there are big issues here. defense spending issues going to be very large, i think, for mcconnell because the reid approach had some serious cuts in defense spending. and then, you know,-- but mcconnell's already proposed some ideas that are likely to be incorporated in the reid-- in the reid bill that will allow the president to do a kind of second charge of increases in the debt limit without congress having much of an influence over it. congress would have to vote against it. so i think that...
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so we had an election and it was a sha shellacking for the big spenders. wasn't that what it was all about? was there a single candidate that i know of that won last time -- at least new candidate that got elected for the first time -- that didn't talk about the need to constrain spending in washington? that was the theme throughout the election. that was the meaning of the election. so now my colleagues, oh, we can't -- oh, you want to cut spending? oh, they've got these extremists in the house. oh, they don't want to play ba ball. they hadn't served in the congress long enough. they don't know better. they think we can actually cut spending. of course we can't cut spending. oh, that's not the way you do it. you just reduce growth a little bit in spending and save you're cutting spending, even though it's still going up. that's the way -- that's what's been going on here. that's why we are increasing the debt at the most extraordinary rate in over a systemic period of time to a degree that every economist that's appeared before the budget committee -- i'm
so we had an election and it was a sha shellacking for the big spenders. wasn't that what it was all about? was there a single candidate that i know of that won last time -- at least new candidate that got elected for the first time -- that didn't talk about the need to constrain spending in washington? that was the theme throughout the election. that was the meaning of the election. so now my colleagues, oh, we can't -- oh, you want to cut spending? oh, they've got these extremists in the...
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they think in the long run it will be effective in a big debate like this. bret? >> bret: ed, thank you. stocks were again down today to close what was the worst week in a year. the dow dropped 97, the s&p 500 gave back 8 1/3, the nasdaq dropped 10. fuel to the fire in the debt ceiling debate. peter barnes breaks down the number. >> high gas prices and weak income gains for workers have the economy growing at its slowest six-month pace since the economic recovery began early last year. the government said today that gdp grew at just a 1.3% annual rate in the second quarter, well below expectations. but the shocker was a huge downward revision of the number for the first quarter. growth originally clocked in at 1.9%, but now the government says it grew at just .4 of a president. for the president, the numbers were too bad to ignore, even as he pressured republicans to cut a deal with him on the debt ceiling to help the economy. >> on a day when we've been reminded how fragile the economy already is, this is one burden we can lift ourselves. we can end it with a sim
they think in the long run it will be effective in a big debate like this. bret? >> bret: ed, thank you. stocks were again down today to close what was the worst week in a year. the dow dropped 97, the s&p 500 gave back 8 1/3, the nasdaq dropped 10. fuel to the fire in the debt ceiling debate. peter barnes breaks down the number. >> high gas prices and weak income gains for workers have the economy growing at its slowest six-month pace since the economic recovery began early...
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we have a big debt. we have a big debt to gdp ratio. we have big deficits. i think the thing that is missing from the debate is the fact that the debt and deficit are symptoms, not the cause of a bad economy. we shouldn't just look at the national debt figures, that clock. that's $14 trillion. of the way we should think about the debt is as a debt burden. so debt divided by gdp. this is the way that economists think about it. it's the way that most investors think about a country's physical health. and if that's the case, what we need to be doing is focusing on raising our gdp, raising our economic growth. that will bring the debt down through what we doing instead is focusing on just cutting. unfortunately, that's going to have a negative affect on the economy in a negative affect on our debt burden. >> a lot of this power-play and political gains that evolve because of the 2012 presidential election coming up -- >> one of the parts of the deal will be to kick this or any more discussion about this until after the elections. >> that's one of the most fascin
we have a big debt. we have a big debt to gdp ratio. we have big deficits. i think the thing that is missing from the debate is the fact that the debt and deficit are symptoms, not the cause of a bad economy. we shouldn't just look at the national debt figures, that clock. that's $14 trillion. of the way we should think about the debt is as a debt burden. so debt divided by gdp. this is the way that economists think about it. it's the way that most investors think about a country's physical...
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i mean, you need to go there with a big project, working together with the community, to have a big impact. now, the challenge is a lot of people need to be relocated. and the strategy to move people and to bring them back is still not clear. so i prefer not to-- you know, i can give you my opinion, but maybe it's better if i don't. you know, it's like this, when you work with people, it's not easy, never easy. you know, the infrastructure is the soft work. the hard work is dealing with people, is dealing with the governments, dealing with the communities, dealing with the all the institutions, all the interests. so it's dealing with people is, like, the hard work. >> ( translated ): can't you see the government is lying to us? we'll be evicted like dogs one day. >> ( translated ): if you're wise, you should find somewhere to move to now. don't count on being given a house and don't think you'll come back here. when you leave, you are gone for good. >> ( translated ): how much did you say it was? >> ( translated ): that is 5,500. >> ( translated ): and electricity? >> ( translated ): 1,000
i mean, you need to go there with a big project, working together with the community, to have a big impact. now, the challenge is a lot of people need to be relocated. and the strategy to move people and to bring them back is still not clear. so i prefer not to-- you know, i can give you my opinion, but maybe it's better if i don't. you know, it's like this, when you work with people, it's not easy, never easy. you know, the infrastructure is the soft work. the hard work is dealing with people,...
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itself.he i keep hearing some members talk about the august 2 deadline as is if it is no big deal. they say they have their owneal theories about when the real deadline is. that just leaves me dumbfounded. i for one i'm going to take the treasury secretary and virtually every economist at their word.ot we need a solution before august august 2 or we risk economicstr. catastrophe. who there are some members who are essentially saying that the treasury can pirate sites payments to avoid default byt b getting social security checks out shouldn't be a problem. i we pro. heard their republican member onon public radio this pt weekend say that a pirate for social security checks taxes in the trust fund. well, yes, we have $2.6 trilliot in assets in the trust fund, but they are all in treasuries securities, not cash. i find it just stunning that a a member of congress let alone a i member of the budget committee understand the most basic functioning of our government. lit now, if there is no debt limit increase, treasury may be able to juggle payments to get social security checks out on
itself.he i keep hearing some members talk about the august 2 deadline as is if it is no big deal. they say they have their owneal theories about when the real deadline is. that just leaves me dumbfounded. i for one i'm going to take the treasury secretary and virtually every economist at their word.ot we need a solution before august august 2 or we risk economicstr. catastrophe. who there are some members who are essentially saying that the treasury can pirate sites payments to avoid default...
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it's big whitewater, and as americans we're historically good at big whitewater. >> the real celebrations are still to come, in a city that embraces the majesty of the old and the excitement of the new. >> we'll do it in the way that we believe is spectacular, and it would be spectacular. it's going to be great for the world to watch. it will be great for our children to watch. it's going to be exciting. >> reporter: martin, perhaps as you know better than me, here the folks like to say they are bang on schedule. that's what everybody told us today. six venues here at the olympic park already completed. they're even putting the track down in the not-too-distant future in the stadium behind us. >> we both covered the royal wedding, do you sense there is as much excitement there for this huge event the olympics games for the wedding, for a young man, who as both of us know isn't going to be yet close to the throne, because his father will succeed the queen. >> reporter: that's certainly the case. for the young generation, this is something they're excited about. mind you, this is a year out
it's big whitewater, and as americans we're historically good at big whitewater. >> the real celebrations are still to come, in a city that embraces the majesty of the old and the excitement of the new. >> we'll do it in the way that we believe is spectacular, and it would be spectacular. it's going to be great for the world to watch. it will be great for our children to watch. it's going to be exciting. >> reporter: martin, perhaps as you know better than me, here the folks...
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is it level for senior citizens while it gives big tax breaks for oil? is it level so we can give tax breaks to corporations sending jobs overseas? is it on the level for us to make children -- young people and their families pay more for their college education so we can give tax breaks to the high end? is it on the level to bring a boehner bill to the oor that makes all those cuts, undermines social security, eliminates medicare and it doesn't charge one red cent to people who have benefited so much from the greatness of our country? is it our best? is it our best to drag this out for all this time to keep in sess spence as to whether we would -- suspense as to whether we would honor our cotitutional responsibility to pay our debts? the constitution says the national debt has to be recognized. it has to be recognized. and recognize we did. president after president, 3 times in -- 32 times in recent memory, including when president bush was president, at that time, even though many of us did not agree with the war in iraq, did not agree the tax cutsor t
is it level for senior citizens while it gives big tax breaks for oil? is it level so we can give tax breaks to corporations sending jobs overseas? is it on the level for us to make children -- young people and their families pay more for their college education so we can give tax breaks to the high end? is it on the level to bring a boehner bill to the oor that makes all those cuts, undermines social security, eliminates medicare and it doesn't charge one red cent to people who have benefited...
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that's a big problem. number two, he has 90 something new freshmen republicans who don't want to go along with him unless there's a balanced budget amendment in it. he has a rob lem internal lip. not -- he has a problem internally, so now what? >> he's got a problem internally because he didn't have to reinvent any wheel here. i do respect speaker boehner's effort trying to negotiate with joel low as he characterizes negotiating with president obama. the internal problem he has is reventing the wheel in the 11th hour when we had cut, cap and balance that passed the house. we don't need to retreat and wave the white flag because the senate is saying they won't allow a vote on cut, cap and balance. now we have to think up another plan. no, we didn't have to do that the cut, cap and balance plan is the right plan. because evidently, there are enough members of congress who are insisting the debt ceiling will be raised. i don't want to see it raises. they are saying it will be. if it going to be raised we bett
that's a big problem. number two, he has 90 something new freshmen republicans who don't want to go along with him unless there's a balanced budget amendment in it. he has a rob lem internal lip. not -- he has a problem internally, so now what? >> he's got a problem internally because he didn't have to reinvent any wheel here. i do respect speaker boehner's effort trying to negotiate with joel low as he characterizes negotiating with president obama. the internal problem he has is...
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we were hoping for a big drenching. think of texas almost like a hot pizza oven and all we did was throw a napkin in it. this storm dissipated faster than almost any storm i've seen before. it didn't even go into the mountains and dissipate, it literally evaporated as it moves over brownsville. you can see it on the satellite imagery. it was the big red blob, and as soon as it got to the dry land in texas, poof. all of a sudden, don was gone. so not good news down there. the storm system is -- what's left of it, circulation is going to head for mexico anyway so it looks like just scattered showers and storms in texas during the day today. we'll take what we can get, but this wasn't the answer we were hoping for. there's not a lot of wet weather on the map, there are showers in missouri, also showers in the northern plains. your forecast for today, rain likely more or less in mexico, not texas. hot weather for dallas once again. warm and sunny in the northeast. as we go into the sunday forecast, we should see a lot of th
we were hoping for a big drenching. think of texas almost like a hot pizza oven and all we did was throw a napkin in it. this storm dissipated faster than almost any storm i've seen before. it didn't even go into the mountains and dissipate, it literally evaporated as it moves over brownsville. you can see it on the satellite imagery. it was the big red blob, and as soon as it got to the dry land in texas, poof. all of a sudden, don was gone. so not good news down there. the storm system is --...
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three, and also a chip away at big spending numbers. why would they miss this opportunity? >> you know, i'm not opposed to ideology, i believe it's about principles. this party is astonishingly wreckless and astonishingly in the grip of what a wall street guy called grover nor quist a fiscal terrorist. you have people who are unwilling to think about what it takes to run a country. and we are now looking at a major struggle in this country that's going to play out over the next few years. the size and scale of government and what it means for people who depefd on services on programs that have been part of the fabric of this life as these people try to roll back the 20th -- >> you've been around this racquet a long time, politics. we have some big stories brewing, we have this story, wisconsin. >> yeah. >> i mean, i think they're connected. >> there's a connection. >> there is a huge connection. you have the people rising up and pushing back, a -- and a sea of change taking place. that's where america's talking right now? >> what's goi
three, and also a chip away at big spending numbers. why would they miss this opportunity? >> you know, i'm not opposed to ideology, i believe it's about principles. this party is astonishingly wreckless and astonishingly in the grip of what a wall street guy called grover nor quist a fiscal terrorist. you have people who are unwilling to think about what it takes to run a country. and we are now looking at a major struggle in this country that's going to play out over the next few years....
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i like to call the big three. medicare, medicaid and social security. in the short material, either deal will probably be enough. really interesting this afternoon, when i was talking to an investor who had met with the ratings agency at standard & poors talking about the downgrade. could it raise interest rates the same way a potential default could. they said the boehner plan probably wouldn't hit the hurried tol prevent a downgrade. even if that was reached, you could still get a downgrade. it is unsure whether that would happen. the reid plan, even though a lot of the parts of that are seen by many as gimmicks, probably would pass that hurdle and you wouldn't get that immediate downgrade. that's an interesting distinction. >> stand by for a moment. i want to bring back kate and jessica. there is a harry reid plan and a john boehner plan. given the stakes involved, why not have these two gentlemen sit down together and sort of reach a compromise? i'll meet you halfway here. you meet me halfway there. let's get
i like to call the big three. medicare, medicaid and social security. in the short material, either deal will probably be enough. really interesting this afternoon, when i was talking to an investor who had met with the ratings agency at standard & poors talking about the downgrade. could it raise interest rates the same way a potential default could. they said the boehner plan probably wouldn't hit the hurried tol prevent a downgrade. even if that was reached, you could still get a...
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i'll give you the big thing. this evening by a vote of 218-210 the house of representatives approve a republican plan and that would raise the debt limit by $900 billion initially then another $1.6 trillion sometime in early 2011, but it is all linked to a balanced budget amendment which, of course, the senate says is doa on arrival. and, in fact, they voted and basically said it's doa and on arrival. in the senate a democrat plan will be voted on tomorrow and the republicans in a sense are saying they will vote tomorrow to say it's dead before it even gets here. you can see these adults are really getting along with each other. but the reality of the situation is we are no closer to a deal. in fact, arguably, we're farther from a deal. for the last six days, the stock market has gone down 500, 600 points, and monday if there's not a deal, we might see the market go into some sort of a panic. that's a real possibility because the bad news would flow from that would just be incredible. now, the big problem is that
i'll give you the big thing. this evening by a vote of 218-210 the house of representatives approve a republican plan and that would raise the debt limit by $900 billion initially then another $1.6 trillion sometime in early 2011, but it is all linked to a balanced budget amendment which, of course, the senate says is doa on arrival. and, in fact, they voted and basically said it's doa and on arrival. in the senate a democrat plan will be voted on tomorrow and the republicans in a sense are...
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workers, 600,000 of the big three. in 2004 it was 230,000, to today it's 111,00. they've suffered enormous reductions and hundreds of thousands of workers have taken buyouts in the last few years. so the companies are bringing more cars online. they can use... they can dangle more jobs and more products and more employment to the u.a.w. as a concession because they don't want to increase their hourly wage rate because they're still paying more on average than their foreign competitors. >> brown: but for the union it's in a sense fighting for some relevancy here, i guess, right? >> well, survival basically. there's two things the union needs to do. they need to get a contract that their members will accept. they also have to send a message to the foreign companies. they have been trying desperately to organize the transplants. toyota, honda, nissan, and, frankly, they've had no success. and they've tried this for decades and the new waub president bob king has made this a goal. if they don't organize the transplants they are forever going to be sort of sliding down
workers, 600,000 of the big three. in 2004 it was 230,000, to today it's 111,00. they've suffered enormous reductions and hundreds of thousands of workers have taken buyouts in the last few years. so the companies are bringing more cars online. they can use... they can dangle more jobs and more products and more employment to the u.a.w. as a concession because they don't want to increase their hourly wage rate because they're still paying more on average than their foreign competitors. >>...
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that is the big sticking point. harry reid busy trying to find republican support in the senate for this compromise plan he's going to come up. with he needs about eight to ten republican senators to switch over and say they are going to support him. we did have house speaker john boehner weigh in on this issue. if we can put his statement up, he says "the responsibility to end this crisis is now entirely in the hands of senator reid and president obama." house speaker boehner saying he has done everything he can to get this debt ceiling increased by that august 2nd deadline. he is saying the responsibility is with the democrats. all eyes have been on senate leader, republican senate leader mitch mcconnell to see if he will get behind harry reid and help him rally the troops. so far that hasn't happened. mitch mcconnell has said he wants the white house to come to the table. no word if that is going to happen at this point. again, right now all eyes are on the senate. senator harry reid's plan to increase the debt c
that is the big sticking point. harry reid busy trying to find republican support in the senate for this compromise plan he's going to come up. with he needs about eight to ten republican senators to switch over and say they are going to support him. we did have house speaker john boehner weigh in on this issue. if we can put his statement up, he says "the responsibility to end this crisis is now entirely in the hands of senator reid and president obama." house speaker boehner saying...
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it's a big decision. there's a lot of people here. you can imagine the frantic mood outside of the courthouse and inside this hallway. >> one of the details that jumped out over the last couple days to a lot of people was this number of 21 years. some people believethars for th death of at least 93 people if he is found dlt of that. but it's more nuanced than that. can you explain that, jay? >> it is. and 21 years is the sentence at this point. there's a new law, but there's an act that would make it longer, 30 years. what prosecutors hope to do in this case, is after that time is served, should he become guilty, if he poses a threat to society. if there's a danger in releasing him. they can convene in a panel. they can keep him detained three years. and reconvene every three years after. they can impose a life sentence here. but it will be done every three years or so to keep him behind bars. >> that's the good news. there would be a way. jay, how right now on this monday, is the city of oslo and the country of norway doing? this was
it's a big decision. there's a lot of people here. you can imagine the frantic mood outside of the courthouse and inside this hallway. >> one of the details that jumped out over the last couple days to a lot of people was this number of 21 years. some people believethars for th death of at least 93 people if he is found dlt of that. but it's more nuanced than that. can you explain that, jay? >> it is. and 21 years is the sentence at this point. there's a new law, but there's an act...
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doesn't only affect big investment banks or wealthy investors. all around the country ordinary americans with 401(k)'s and college savings accounts lost money yesterday. their life savings took a hit because a small group of radical republicans who don't represent mainstream america have refused to move even one inch towards compromise. yesterday'default will lock our financiarock -- will rock our fl system to its core. many republicans urge time is running out. they've urged their colleagues to compromise. yesterday on the senate floor john mccain, the republican senior senator from arizona, and president obama's opponent in the last presidential election, asked his own party to return to reality. it is not fair, he said, that the american people hold out and say we won't agree to raising the debt limit. he called the radical republican approach -- he called the radical republican approach saying "up is down and denying the sky is blue unfair and bizzaro -- b-i-z-z-a-r-o. he further said, "it's time we listened to the market. it's time we listen
doesn't only affect big investment banks or wealthy investors. all around the country ordinary americans with 401(k)'s and college savings accounts lost money yesterday. their life savings took a hit because a small group of radical republicans who don't represent mainstream america have refused to move even one inch towards compromise. yesterday'default will lock our financiarock -- will rock our fl system to its core. many republicans urge time is running out. they've urged their colleagues...
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ahead a big crowd came out for a big celebration. the long wait for a permanent library comes to an end for folks in one neighborhood. and then -- >> he knows what's going on. >> he knows what you're doing. >> he's got to be able to breathe. >> a close encounter for whale researchers. ahead how they saved a harpback's life. >> hi there, everyone. i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. we'll take a look at live doppler 7 hd, so where the severe storms are happening right now, plus our accuweather >> thieves stole more than two dozen firearms from a military base in southern california. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms says 26ak-74 assault rifles and a sniper rifle were stolen from a fly warehouse at fort erwin in san bernardino county on july 15th. arrests have been made, but no details were given. only one rifle was recovered. there's a $10,000 for information leading to more arrests. >>> after more than 75 years in temporary spaces a permanent library is open tonight in san francisco's visitacion valley neighborhood. a loud crow
ahead a big crowd came out for a big celebration. the long wait for a permanent library comes to an end for folks in one neighborhood. and then -- >> he knows what's going on. >> he knows what you're doing. >> he's got to be able to breathe. >> a close encounter for whale researchers. ahead how they saved a harpback's life. >> hi there, everyone. i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. we'll take a look at live doppler 7 hd, so where the severe storms are happening right...
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this is the time to get big things done. >> you hope. senator thank you very much. >> thank you very having me. they're all sweating. >> you sound like the voice of god. >> i like that senator, i like that. i know you have a long night. >> fair and balance. >> and former senator candidate of the state of california. you might have heard about hullard packard. carly, how are you? >> i am great. i >> great. i feel compelled to ask you as a cancer survivor how yourr health is doing? >> i am doing fantastic. i am a survivor. >> indeed you are and you look great. >> this government doesn't though. we are at a serious impasse . whatever deal they are looking at doesn't look great. if they were to get that far. what do you think? >> let me step back for a minute. you are correct. we raised the debt ceiling many times . it is routine. but what we see going on here is a important debate in the context of a terrible economy and how to grow the economy and what the role of government is. it is a debate to go on this year and next election year. unf
this is the time to get big things done. >> you hope. senator thank you very much. >> thank you very having me. they're all sweating. >> you sound like the voice of god. >> i like that senator, i like that. i know you have a long night. >> fair and balance. >> and former senator candidate of the state of california. you might have heard about hullard packard. carly, how are you? >> i am great. i >> great. i feel compelled to ask you as a cancer...
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and that's big news. you can be sure, jessica, that what the house speaker does not want to be doing right now is having to rewrite his bill. they were aiming to be voting on this bill tomorrow, so right now we're told that they're kind of scra scrambling to work it out and rewrite it, and he wants to meet the pledges that the cuts in the bill will be larger than the debt ceiling increased. and the cost estimates that came out by the cbo, it falls short, and that's a problem because it goes counter to the pledge i just said and it's also a problem because they're in the middle of working very hard to try to sell this plan. house conservatives are unhappy and house democrats are trying to get a united front to vote against this plan, and that does not leave the speaker a large margin of error to pass this legislation. jessica? >> all right, thanks so much, kate bolduan reporting for us from capitol hill. i'm grateful. >>> let's turn now to republican congressmen scott garrett from new jersey who is a membe
and that's big news. you can be sure, jessica, that what the house speaker does not want to be doing right now is having to rewrite his bill. they were aiming to be voting on this bill tomorrow, so right now we're told that they're kind of scra scrambling to work it out and rewrite it, and he wants to meet the pledges that the cuts in the bill will be larger than the debt ceiling increased. and the cost estimates that came out by the cbo, it falls short, and that's a problem because it goes...